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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Required under Aircraft and Non-aircraft Operating Leases (Detail) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
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Aircraft [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | $ 400,835
Aircraft [member] | Up to one year [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 111,568
Aircraft [member] | One to five years [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 270,310
Aircraft [member] | Over five years [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 18,957
Others [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 107,440
Others [member] | Up to one year [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 14,988
Others [member] | One to five years [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | 74,943
Others [member] | Over five years [member] |
Disclosure of operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Future minimum lease payments | $ 17,509

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- Definition The amount of future minimum lease payments payable under non-cancellable operating leases. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 35 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_35_a&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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